Dumping-wagon



(No Model.) H NIEMEYER. DUMPING WAGON.

No. 536,887; Patented Apr. 2,1895;

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improved dumping wagon; and B designates UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY NIEMEYER, OF MATTOON, ILLINOIS.

DUMPlNG-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,887, dated April 2,1895.

Application filed January 25, 1895. Serial No. 536,249. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY NIEMEYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mattoon, in the county of Ooles and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping-Wagons; and I dohereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in wagons, and more especially tothat class of wagons which unload their contents by dumpmg.

My invention is intended to provide a cheap, simple and efficientdumping wagon for use in transporting broom corn stalks, sugar cane, andthe like from one place to another, and unloading it quickly; and itconsists of the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same partsare indicated by the same letters, throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of my improved dumping wagon, parts beingbroken away to better illustrate the invention, and the body or platformof the wagon being shown in the dumped position by dotted lines. Fig. 2is an inverted plan view of the same, the ends of the axles being brokenaway, and the wheels being omitted, for the sake of clearness in thedrawings; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view in rear elevation of aportion of the rear sill of the wagon body, showing the perforated lugprojecting therefrom, and the pin for holding the body or platform inthe normal position shown by the full lines in Fig. 1.

A designates the body or platform of my the running gear of the same.This running gear is preferably of the construction ordinarily used infarm wagons, but instead of the two bolsters thereof being provided withstandards at either end as is usual, a spindle b is formed upon eitherend of each of these two bolsters. On each of these spindles 7),

four in all, a doubly-flanged roller b is revoluw bly mounted and keyedthereon, so as to be readily removable for the purposes of lubrication,or for any other reason, when desired.

The side pieces A of the frame of the body or platform Arest upon saidrollers b and fit in the groove between the flanges of the saidrollers.- These side pieces A should have enough playin the said groovesto slide easily therein.

On the portions of the side pieces A on which the rollers would bear indumping the wagon, I provide metal plates to prevent the woodwork of theframe from becoming worn, and also in order to make the body slide moreeasily and smoothly. These plates are indicated by CL and a in Fig. 1.The forward pair a of these plates are perfectly flat as shown, whilethe rear pair a are bent near their forward ends to form the curvedstops a These curved stops a catch on the rollers 0n the rear bolster ofthe wagon when the body or platform A has been slid backward on the saidrollers and dumped, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. ,1. Thesestops serve to hold the said body or platform and prevent its sliding 0%too far, or possibly, sliding clear off. The forward end of each of saidpair of plates at is formed into a brace a and is bolted or otherwisesuitably secured to the side timber A as shown. These braces serve toprevent the ends of the curved stops (1 from flattening out due to theconstant jarring strains put upon them in dumping the wagon.

The rear end of the body or platform is provided with a removable gate Awhich'should be removed before dumping the load. This gate is held inplace normally by the two standards (1 whose lower ends fit into socketsformed by the metal straps a one on the end of each of the two sidepieces A of the body frame.

Extending backward from the rear bolster of the running gear of thewagon, I provide a lug b which is rigidly attached to-the said rearbolster, and when the body of the wagon is in the position to receive aload, projects through a mortise al in the rear sill or cross piece a onthe under side of the wagon body. This lug b is provided with aperforation or mortise therein, adapted to receive a pin a which wheninserted in the said perforation or mortise in said lug while the bodyor platform of the wagon is in the position for receiving a load, asshown in Fig. 1, serves to hold the said body or platform against anytendency to slide backward from any cause, and thus prevents prematuredumping of the load. The said pin is attached to the sill a in order toavoid its becoming lost, by means of a short chain as shown, or by anyother convenient means.

My wagon is dumped in the following manner:the tail gate A having firstbeen removed in order that the load may slide out easily:--Frst removethe pin a from the perforation in the lug 12 then slide the body Abackward on the rollers (2 until the stops (L2 come in contact with therollers on the rear bolster. It will then be very easy to raise theforward end of the body, and the load will slide partially out. If theteam be then started, the whole load will be deposited upon the ground.

To replace the body or platform in the position for loading, raise therear end thereof and slide it forward until the lug b engages in themortise d when the pin a may be inserted and the wagon is again inreadiness to receive a new load.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a dumping wagon, the combination with the running gear thereof of theordinary farm wagon construction, having front and rear bolsters bbmounted upon the front and rear axles, respectively, provided withspindles b formed on the opposite ends of each of said bolsters; anddoubly-flanged rollers 11 revolubly mounted on said spindles; of thebody or frame A having longitudinal side timbers A provided with thepair of fiat metal bearing plates a which bear on the front pair ofrollers, and the flat metal bearing plates a which bear on the rear pairof said rollers, said plates at being bent near their forward ends toform the pair of curved stops a and having their forward ends formedinto the pair of braces a and secured to the said side timbers in frontof said curved stops; the perforated lug b rigidly secured to andprojecting rearwardly from the rear bolster of said running gear, andadapted to engage in a mortise a in the rear sill a of said body A, whenin position for loading; and a pin (1 adapted to engagein saidperforation in said lug, and to hold said body against dumping,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY NIEMEYER.

Witnesses:

AUGUST PRISE, JAMES A. THATCHER.

